openSUSE 11.0 Alpha1 Screenshots
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| I’ve installed openSUSE 11.0 Alpha1. This is an early alpha version,
| includes: new look of the Installer, KDE 4.0.0, NetworkManager 0.7, CUPS
| 1.3.5, Pulseaudio, etc. For more information, go here. The following are some
| screenshots of openSUSE 11.0 Alpha1.
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http://phorolinux.com/opensuse-110-alpha1-screenshots.html
Check out this excellent collection of Microsoft extortion examples:
More on the OSP
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| Microsoft’s recent history on patents (particularly since the Novell deal in
| November 06) has a particularly public persona:
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| Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith and licensing chief Horacio
| Gutierrez sat down with Fortune recently to map out their strategy for
| getting FOSS users to pay royalties. - Fortune
|
| “Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody
| who uses SuSE Linux is appropriately covered,” Ballmer said...
|
| [...]
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| Mr. Ballmer once called Linux a form of intellectual-property cancer.
| While he has since dialed back the rhetoric, the subtext remains in
| nearly all Microsoft discussions of Linux: Use it, and you run the risk
| that Microsoft will sue you [for patent infringement]. Post-Gazette
|
| [...]
|
| IBM’s public history in respect of patents is a little different (I have not
| included any references to IBM’s patent promise from last year):
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| IBM is playing a pioneering role in the World Business Council for
| Sustainable Development’s program to open environmentally-responsible
| patents to the general community. IT-Wire
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| Following up on a promise last August to not use its vast patent
| portfolio against Linux users, IBM pledged in January to give 500 patents
| to open source developers. Linux-Mag
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/more-on-the-osp/
Watch the whole thing. Microsoft has truly become a Mafia -- and it shows!
Related and recent:
OpenSuSE 11 Alpha 0 Screenshots
http://www.decriptor.com/?p=55
why openSuse 10.3 isn't my Linux
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| For me it’s time to say goodbye to openSuse, this system is not for a normal
| user who needs the things running without hassle. My demand on a system is
| very clear: Plug and play. Whenever I need to open the terminal window the
| developers are to dump to produce a perfect user experience. Ubuntu is
| downloading at the moment and I will test it as soon as it is burned on
| cd-rw...
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http://www.marvellous.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=386&Itemid=115
Review: Opensuse 10.3 Linux distribution
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| On the plus side, you can save a lot of money by making that move and if you
| want to give it a try, the Opensuse distro is easy to install and use, well
| supported and a good introduction to the open source platform. Should you get
| the Linux bug, it makes it easy to switch to the fully supported Novell
| product too.
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/software/2205973/review-opensuse
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